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After working and paying taxes for 40 yrs SS and SDI Im told Im not eligible for no money in their system? How is this!? Parapalegic and less than a step away from teh st. Know people who have never worked one day in their lives and get it! -Baffled, soCa
@@gordocarbo how can that be? File a Form 561 (?) for Reconsideration make them show why you don’t qualify. Are you US Citizen? I mean your name sounds like you could be I sure hope you get it sorted out
What money was taken from SS? From the web: "No, Congress has not stolen money from Social Security: Social Security Act of 1935: Requires excess cash to be invested in interest-bearing bonds backed by the U.S. government. Government borrowing: The federal government borrows money from Social Security to fund its operations, similar to how consumers and businesses use money deposited in a bank. The government pays interest on the amount borrowed. Repayment: The government has repaid every previous bond maturity in full."
@@lewissmith1635 Absolutely! I would like that along with all the others that are awake, this vid is for the asleep still thinking they are getting something!
Why isn't there more out cry about this. What taxes are the illegals paying?????? NONE. But they are getting our money while we the citizens are getting shafted.
I worked for 14 years and I was injured and Disabled since 2002 and they are saying that I only worked 10 years and I took the other jobs to them and they still have not fixed it and I have been there 12 times since. Rediculous
It was already put In the law when it was written, Social Security is not a government entity and it WAS supposed to be illegal for anyone to touch it…we would never have to worry about it running out if it had been left alone! Make Pelosi and ALL of the other crooks put all of our money back!
It’s also not an increase when they take other things away. It ends up breaking even or a loss because all they are doing is shuffling things around and calling them something different. Take from one thing and give to another to make it look like they are doing something good for the people.
I get $1,049. A month. They are giving me a raise of aprox $25 a month starting Jan. But guess what…. They lowered my EBT amount by the same amount. So where is the actual increase!???? There isn’t one!
I have worked since I was 16 and I'm 72 now and my Social Security just went up to $900 a month. It started out at 540 a month. Explain to me that they take your last three quarters from your work but I was on FMLA cuz my mother had cancer and I had to take care of her. when I got back to work they had given my job to someone else now it's making $ 17 an hour but when I went on FMLA all the workers that worked with me gave one of their days off so I was bringing in a check of about $250 a week while I was on FMLA so I guess they based my Social Security on that! My mom died I lost my job 2 Days Later and was forced to take early Social Security and live on food stamps cuz I couldn't find a job had been with the company 9 years
They actually keep all that money that comes out of our paycheck when we die and we don't have children under 18. All of it stays with the government. I feel that everyone is paying reparation to the government.
We should have the same retirement plan as Congress. They get a better retirement for 4 years or so in Congress than most people get for a lifetime of work.
They could, if you voted for a new congress. But you won't. 95 percent of those people get re-elected each term. This is our fault. We were lazy and apathetic and here we are.
I totally agree. And also pay for their benefits that are given to them tax-free. They are ripping us off and have been for years. Years and years and years.
Asking Congress to repay money to social security only raises taxes. It's not like it comes out of anybody's pocket in congress. You just asking for more money to be taken out of your pocket
the biggest reason the usps is insolvent is because congress raided their bank account just as they did to ss. the second biggest reason is gub'ment takes, it's what they do. there is NOTHING efficient about gub'ment except their ability to waste.
@@gary-pietz4147 What has that got to do with it. Social security is your money, it's not welfare. You paid in to social security and that money should collect interest, so it could be a tidy sum. It doesn't matter how much other money you have.
You can thank the bedtime for bonzo nit wit Reagan for the tax on SDA payments, another screw you to all SSA recipients, gladly done by the GOP and the republucant party ,,,40 + years ago, and they are doing the same thing now
We always have money for war, illegals and raises for politicians, but NEVER veterans or the elderly. Thank you for all you do to help us amid the vast corruption.
Democrats always promote help for the vulnerable and working class. Republicans always oppose anything help for us and put everything into getting tax cuts for the most wealthy. So, if you want protections, vote for Democrats.
This is not fair.. guidelines are not raising.. you get $1 too much according to their guidelines they cut you off of any benefits that making it possible to just survive
@@cristinasantiagovaldez7492 ~ Medicare is not favored for one person and not another. Health care is very expensive. All the more so as we get older. No one is getting a free ride. I try to educate peole about SS but it falls on def ears. You pay less into it, you will get less when it's time to draw. But you are getting paid at the 90% rate. My SS is based at the 50% rate. Is this fair? No it's not.
Any elected federal person should have to use SS as a pension. No special cases. If politicians were in the same boat as normal citizens, SS would be cleaned up overnight
This bill gives them social security. It only gives social security to government employees who are already collecting government pensions. Many of them have never paid into social security. If you want increased benefits? We need to pass a bill that only those who met the minimum social security payments can collect social security. This bill just like supplemental social security gives benefits to people who never earned it.
They actually were soposto have the same pay and benefits as the average citizen. They have gotten greedy, and now we have a mess because we did not pay attention to what they were doing.
Your grandmother got the letter all social security recipients received, which explained the small raise (COLA) and what the new payment would be. This is a completely different subject. If what this man says is true, your grandmother will receive another letter, but it will take some time. Hope this helped. God Bless! 😊
@@godschild3887 That's only the case for people who have government pensions separate from SS who had their SS benefit reduced because of that pension. It does not apply to most people.
They should have put the retirement age back to 62 for people born before 1965!! I am totally drained from having to work 7 days a week ,partime hours, no days off, at age 63, and disabled! And now my county informed me I’m going to have to pay for my medical expenses and meds! I am struggling to pay my regular bills, I can’t live without my medications, so I get to worry about how much more time I have left to live! Not a good feeling, but I will be better off in heaven under the care of Our Lord. 🙏✝️
I am 66 and reach 67 in Feb. I am still working and expect to "die in harness." Retirement? Absurd in the country based on huge inflation of all things including real property taxes
@@lindareinen1259 Dear lord, we ask in your holy name that our sister trust in you for her needs. We ask that you would bless her in all that she asks from you in regard to her health and finances in the lord’s name we pray. Amen
🙏✝️ Prayers for our Lord Almighty Father to help and provide. I know it's very hard to put your faith in our Lord for all we need. But believe in our Lord Almighty God put your true faith in him and pray and he will see you through. Merry Christmas 🙏✝️
Yes. Medicare is the real problem. It is underfunded by current receipts by 85%. It’s a blowup. Waiting to happen. But Dr. W doesn’t go anywhere near that subject because he would get demonetized.
@@anitamooreland-simms3606 I was disappointed in Biden that on his campaign trail he promised everyone $200 raise. No one brought that fourth not even him and I really did believe that he would do that because I really do know him and his family. They are good family. I don’t know why he didn’t do it cause he usually tries to do everything that he said he would do but that one thing he didn’t even address and I was really super disappointed in that and the reason I say that I know Biden personally as I live in, Delaware served his Parents for 24 years and his very own family but disappointed I am still-because if he doesn’t do it within the next few days it’s over just have to accept the fact that both parties suck
I’m curious. Did you also pay into your pension that you now receive like I did my 401K or was that funded by taxpayers. If you didn’t, you’re double dipping and are no different than a Politician.
Yes and if they went by the right system which there are two one is higher one is lower and they've been going by the lower system it's four-letter acronyms if they went by that in this package a senior citizens would be getting a raise the veterans would be getting a raise but no nothing for us and what about the people that had their points for full Social Security but was forced to go on disability I really want to be an activist for this
Anyone under the Social Security blanket deserve $3500 a month and some a little more and Medicare and Medicaid shouldn't go up. If the Government can give Billions to other countries than it can do this for it's American People on Social Security
I retired at age of 67 (last year) worked all my life and it's not fair. I think people should retired at least at the age of 60 to enjoy the last years of their lives. You work until old, get sick and die in a short time and don't even have time to travel and enjoy their life...
Congress just gave themselves a 40% raise. I want that too. I paid into the system until I couldn't work any longer. I will guarantee that most citizens and I worked harder than congressmen do.
The big thing you missed in this video is the fact that taxes on Social Security should be illegal in the first place. Double taxation is illegal and that is exactly what is happening. SS recipients have already paid taxes on the wages when they were working and now when retirees desperately need this income the most to live the government gives them the shaft! Retirement may become a problem for Americans
More and more people might face a tough time in retirement. Low-paying jobs, inflation, and high rents make it hard to save. Now, middle-class Americans find it tough to own a home too, leaving them without a place to retire.
I completely agree; I am in my mid 40s, approaching retirement, and have approximately over 2million dollars in external retirement funds. I am debt free and have very little money in retirement funds compared to the total value of my portfolio over the past three years. To be honest, the Fin-advisor can only be neglected, not rejected. Just do your due diligence to identify a fiduciary one.
Finding financial advisors like Annette Christine Conte who can assist you on things like investing, insurance, making sure retirement is well funded, going over tax benefits, ways to have a volatility buffer for investment risk would be a very creative option. There will be difficult times ahead, and prudent personal money management will be essential to navigating them.
Apparently you don’t understand enough about international issues and world history to realize how much more costly it will eventually be in money and American lives if the US does make attempts at keeping the world stabilized. Want to see immigration to US and “western” countries increase? Then ignore the conditions in other parts of the world that decent people get desperate to escape. Right wingers give you only one dimensional perspectives on 3D problems. Seek to understand how various issues interact before buying into overly simplistic sound bites.
I just received a notification from the Social Security Administration on the COLA for 2025 for my Social Security payment. The increase in my Social Security for 2025 is $6.80 more than what I was receiving in 2024. What a joke!
Wow, I was only getting 1014, , but with the 2.5% COLA increase, I got $26 more, to $1040... that means you were getting only $265.20, and it went up to $272?? You must have paid very little into Social Security in the first place, that really sucks!
@optiskeptic4746 I started early at 62. Then covid hit. That extra money pretty much saved me. Then, I exceeded the earned income threshold, so I had to pay that back. That actually helped me out as well. SS advised me that repayment counts for me as if I had delayed my start time. This worked in my favor, almost a 15% increase.
My boss gets $150K/yr Government pension, he is spending down $700K to avoid the RMD, AND waiting till 70 yrs old to Max out his SSA. Double his $4K/mo SSA????????
I will finally be getting $1200/mo SS for 2025. Medicare went up to $184/mo. 2.3% isnt much since Medicare takes a big chunk. Im 75 and have worked since I was 14. I Neve had great paying jobs, but I worked as hard as anyone while being a single mother and raising 2 daughters. I sure would like to get a 1/4 of the pay that Congress gives themselves. Now I have to find subsidized housing because my significant other passed away last month and I cant stay in the house that was his.
My deepest condolences to hear about your other half. Happy you will be able to stay in the house of your other half. Praying for more years to enjoy what is entitled to you.
Just a note. Unless it has changed since I was working. Subsidized housing also goes up when we get a raise. So your raise will be gone with Medicare increases also. Sorry for your loss and I hate to be the barer of bad news, but better to be aware than shocked to find out when they raise your rent.
Have you noticed you get a increase on SS but then you get a letter from Medicare saying you're Medicare has gone up $56 dollars. There goes you're increase on you're SS
A favorite love child of many in Congress is the Big Corporate Health Insurance Companies. Yes, we are screwed because congress is afraid to reign them in.
If you keep voting for the two big parties, or you keep voting for the same asshole over and over this is what you get. You need and everyone else needs to vote for a non-incumbent. And keep voting for them until they get the message. Politicians and diapers need to be changed regularly, and for the same reason.
My main concern is how to survive all of these financial and political crisis, especially in light of the US political power scuffle. The government has really called things more difficult for its citizens, and we can't sit back and bear all the consequences of the bad governance.
True, I have been in touch with a brokerage advisor. With an initial starting reserve of $12k, my advisor chooses the entry and exit commands for my portfolio, which has grown to approximately $110k
All didn't sacraficed. You got to go home after work and you didn't deploy. Or put your life on the line for other people. You didn't have to deal with someone's shitty kids or pay for supplies out of pocket. You are less. Deal it with.it was your choice to have the easy route
@@athenaminerva5020easy??? Working in the private sector is a hell of a lot harder than working for the government. You actually have to be GOOD at your job!!
Muskrat and Swampy have their sights set on cutting SS, SNAP, Medicare, State funded health insurance- Obamacare, FEMA, the FDIC, Consumer Protection and much more. So good luck if you think trump and his gang of billionaires are going to do good things for the American people.
Even when you get an increase in Social Security 2 to 3 months even before you get the increase people are already increasing everything they can so that means your in the same old boat i don't trust anyone.
Medicare is no cost if you worked enough. Part B You have to pay for. In 2024 it was 175 a month. In 2025 it only went up 10 dollars to 185. After paying my 185, I'll get a little over 2000 a month. Still pretty bad considering I worked non stop for 50 years.
"Raising caps" does NOT "create" more money. This country is racing towards the bankruptcy cliff -- and we're not LIKELY to find enough braking power before we go flying over!
Ronald Reagan started taxing Social Security and that should be repealed, no privatizing of Social Security, raise the tax ceiling of 160,000 to 400,000, many construction people like myself in their 60s have worn out their joints and injuries due to heavy labor so no increase in social security eligibility. Why should people earning less than 160,000 pay 100% of their wages to Social Security but everybody above that pays no more into it. Socialism for the rich.
So if truck drivers stop bringing stop bringing food that that farmers produce… Do I really need to point out which JOB is more important ? EVERYONE that pays into SS should be getting equal increases. Politicians should not be given any pay or benefit increases.
Exactly, you worked and paid in. You should get your return.. people gets SS that's never worked and paid into it.. someone works 50 years and has to pay for non-workers and then they bit*h about the darn FLAT RATE THEY DIDN'T EVEN EARN IN THE 1ST PLACE?????? Make it make sense?.
We allow politicians to get away with this. It's on us! Every 4 years, we should let them know that we are serious about SS and Healthcare. They get a lifetime windfall pension for serving plus top notch Healthcare. Why are we settling?
Im a disabled father of 2 living in Arizona and I became disabled in 2019. I've never seen an increase because every time they do increase it by a fraction, Medicare goes up. I'm making $476 less now in 2024 than I was in 2019. My rent right now is $200 more than my actual SSI benefit payment. Went from paying $1,000 to $1700 in a single month(we have to move). Went from paying $20 a week for gas to $100 a week. Groceries went from $671 a month to $300-$400 a week!! EVERYTHING has gone up well over 100%, yet they slap is with 2.5% increase. It's absolutely PATHETIC and disgusting!! I can't help that I'm disabled now but I paid into it for 35 years and I'm getting 💩 back.
They did that to me in 2014/15 when we got a cola and it threw me $5 over for several benefits I had such as food stamps, them paying my Medicare premiums and raised my rent so their “raise” ended up costing me over $300 a month 😢. I tell them now please don’t give me a small raise like that again
I'm sorry about your situation. Depending on what your disability allows, maybe you could do something for cash/at home, like voice-over books, child-mind, data-entry or label or package things or some other small task for a local business. Even collecting return-for-refund bottles (maybe get your kids involved?). Once you make a little bit extra money--while I know his may sound undoable--if you buy even one 1-ounce coin of silver a month ($28) or save the same amount for 3 months and buy a 1-gram gold coin (Canadian Maple is best at 99.9% pure gold, American Eagle 2nd due to 91% gold content) after a year or two, you will likely have made more than inflation (esp. with gold). If necessary, you can sell it or keep it for emergencies. I know it sounds difficult, but precious metals usually protect the holder's buying power--much better than putting any extra $ in the bank at 3 or 4%.
My hubby started working at the age of 10 yrs old and when he applied for SSDI at 34 yes old he went in front of 3 judge panel and they said you are awfully YOUNG but we also see that you have been working since 10 yrs old hubby said yes I started working when I was 10 then they asked what is your health issue and he took his shirt off and they said OKAY YOU ARE APPROVED 🎉 Hubby has SEVERE PSORIASIS AND SOCRATIC ARTHRITIS
At its height in 1949, US foreign aid totaled nearly $100 billion, while it bottomed out at just under $25 billion in 1997, both after adjusting for inflation. Between 1946 and 2022, the US has spent an average of $51.0 billion each year. Consider: Since 1980, defense spending has risen by 62%, climbing from $506 billion to $820 billion by 2023, after adjusting for inflation. In 2023, the US military spent approximately $820.3 billion, or roughly 13.3% of the entire federal budget for that fiscal year. The US outspends on military as much as the next ten countries.
@@bearofverylittlebrain - You misunderstood him. He is not talking about congress. The S.S. increase (S.S. fairness act) they are touting is only for government/public employees.
I worked for 35 yrs as a single parent in a group home. I retired at age 70yrs old. I get a monthly check og $1020.00 monthly minus $170.00 for medicare. I barely make it monthly and am not able to often go to the doctor's because of co-pays. This isn't what I thought my old age would be like. I probably just so let go. Nothing matters anymore.
You should qualify for a dual medicare plan. Did anyone help you decide on a plan? In a dual plan ( only for low income) medicaid pays your medicare premium and all copays plus you get some free dental and vision benefits. Humana and United Health care have these plans. As low as an income as you are you should qualify.
Feel the same way. At 69 had to go back to work at Walmart 40 hrs a week to survive. Walking on concrete floors can barely walk by end of day. Not the retirement I thought I would living. Growing numb.
SOOO... sorry you where stupid and did not care at all about your retirement. Yes that is harsh but also true. Me and my wife scrimped and saved/invested. It was not easy and we went without and never bought new cars etc. Now SSI is just a smaller part of out income every month. Why? because we did not ever think the government had the duty to take care of us, that responsibility was ours not theirs. Sorry you did not take your retirement seriously and take responsibility for yourself. Too late for you. You should tell every young fool like you to not be like you and shirk responsibility for your own retirement income. Best advice for you now? start a crafts type business for extra income. I am doing that just to keep busy and afford toys and not have to take my retirement income to pay for them. I am not some financial genius, just a responsible person who took responsibility upon myself for myself.
My mom has a similar scenario. There should be a minimum SSI. my mom lived on $800/mo SS until my dad died when she was 84. Then she got 1/2 of his SSI when he died. They divorced in the mid 70’s and she scrimped all those years raising 4 kids to boot with rents from the 3 flat she lived in plus measly child support. When she started getting his SSI the cheeks took away her weekly home help visits, Medicaid, LifeLine and SNAP benefits. She gets more $ now but pays for her home care once a week, pays for Medicare out of her SSI, and relies on a food pantry. Where is HER fairness!!!!
Why are we paying for medical services? They mfs dems give 😢everyone 😊 free medical, coming in iligeles and give money to pay pension to citizens, how fair is that bullshit? Take money these mfs crooked dems took and gave away , if not working about their own citizens a, And that reason , Americans Citizens, that have wasted their money’s y , they should give up all their benefits, and prisons , what what they have done to hard working Americans citizens! We have been paying in to SSI for 40 years and still don’t get enough to live on! If we got all our money , and had no SSI taking out of out checks , we could have made a lot of money , letting us , play in stocks , and made some h mo😮re money to live on , when getting to be 68 years !
I'm 70 years old and I can't afford anything but the tent I'm existing in. 900.00 from social security a month don't buy shit in Houston. I'm likely going to die this winter. Worked from 15 years old to 55 and my body is worn out.
Apply for SSI Aged if you don't already have it. You would get the difference between the $9oo Retirement and the Maximum SSI amount ($967) It might not be much but every little bit helps
Please don't LOOSE Hope God will NEVER forsaken you. I pray you live a long healthy Life, in Jesus Christ name 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤. AMEN. Just hold on help is on the way.
SaddleTramp, just make sure you accept the Lord before your days are up. Romans 10:9 says "If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is the Son of God and you believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved". Questions? Reach out to me. May God bless you this Christmas. Jesus was our free gift of Salvation for those who believe in HIM. 🙏
My check is said to go up to 670 a month. I was self employed and in a car crash two years ago dec 22... 6 months before I turned 70 ... The accident caused me to not be able to do mechanic work ever again ... self employed since 1993. I called the local SSA office sand they said I cannot file for SSDI ... because I turned 80. The doctors were incompetent .. how am I affected? ...... I am so poor and don't want to be .. but now forced out of work and their insurance coverage was way too low.
As a Vet, I’ve spent over a year trying to get the $175 for Medicare from being deducted from my disability check. I get all my care from the VA. I don’t need Medicare.
I get all of my medical from the VA as well! So, I went to the social security office filled out a form to stop Medicare from taking the money out of my check every month putting it back onto my check every month. You should do the same. To stop Medicare premiums from being deducted from your Social Security check, you need to fill out Form CMS-1763, which is called "Request for Termination of Premium Hospital Insurance or Supplementary Medical Insurance" and submit it to your local Social Security office; this form allows you to cancel either Part A or Part B of Medicare, depending on your situation. I would go to the office to do it because it's quicker. I did it and got the money back on my check the very same month.
I am in process of helping a neighbor in same position as you. I’m taking him next week to apply for Medicaid.. which he GREATLY deserves and needs to have. They in turn will cover his Medicare premiums. Please check into this because a lot of veterans are not aware they may qualify for Medicaid as well.
I'm 70 next month and God has blessed me with the ability to still work . Because I work, I don't qualify for food stamps.... I pay Co pays at the doctors and partly for prescription. What I'm saying is that I can't keep my home and pay bills with just social security BUT because i work I don't get the 90% because I'm not low income, because I have the gall to work. .
@@Kara-jd8ef - i was under the same circumstances. I did a reverse mortgage which only consolation is that i can stay in my home until I croak. That is if the property taxes and homeowners insurance doesn’t keep going up.
@@Kara-jd8ef it’s my understanding this is not for the poor. It is for high risk jobs such as firefighters, police and teachers. I certainly will not see any of it. I’m paying into the system and won’t have any SS when I can retire in 5 years. Def can’t live off what I’ve earned for working 49 years of my life.
I'm 69 years old and have a spinal cord injury. my house is literally ROTING down around me,,, in the Ozarks. it's over 100 years old. I burn wood and the chimney is pulling into the roof as the floors sink😢. I'm trying to hold my life together😢 and I was just informed my social security check is up to an all-time high of 895,oo a month😮... the question is,,, why aren't they giving people like me a 90% increase? And then they monitor our lives and watch everything we spend or get😢 so they can take it away or reduce or penolise my SSI which is $90 a month.
If you didnt earn much during your working years you wont get much when you reach retirement age. Its sad but true. Wish i had prepared better also but i cant turn back the clock. We arent alone. I know that much.
@@markeverson5849 mine too. Hurricaine Florence destroyed my house. I have tarps everywhere trying to keep rain out. My bed sits under the collapsed floor.
You are absolutely right again Dr. Weir! ALL my bills are going up! Car insurance, homeowners insurance. Heating costs (gas), electricity, sewer, trash, water, etc. I am going to file for bankruptcy! 😢😢😢😢😢But they still expect you to pay all of it back!
The cap on earnings exist only until reaching full retirement age of 67? After that, a person can earn as much as he wants without being penalized, yes?
People aren't looking into it because manipulating the spiritual realm brings nothing but long-term harm. It's playing with demons. No thanks, buddy. I'd rather be poor and struggling for money and food but happy knowing Christ is with me, than riding high with lots of wealth but be spiritually dead without Christ.
@@20NewJourney23 Not that you support such grifters, but some of the worst grifters on the planet, who worship money and power, are Mega Church pastors. I forget how many of them own multiple private jets, while guilting poor old people into tithing 10 bucks so supposedly they can get 100 bucks back.
Thanks Biden for agreeing to sign this into law after it was considered and voted for by the (191 YES, 4 NO)Democratic Majority(1/3rd of entire Republican vote was against it- 136(YES)-71(NO)) in both the House AND the Senate(voting on soon, most (D) are in agreeance with it, (R) is fighting against it saying it will contribute federal over budget increase and NO THANKS to the MAJORITY of Republicans in this vote for wanting to fail it! NO THANKS to Elon and Trump for trying to diverge the bill and prevent it from going through by convincing people that it isn't needed! Thank you!!! PROOF: clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024456 Official government tallied votes.
If all you’re living on just Social Security, you pay very little taxes on Social Security. I know many people that they live on Social Security and they don’t even pay taxes because they don’t make enough to barely survive. We need more money in Social Security everybody does. Especially those among us where that’s all they have. Many older people are not any longer able to pay for rent and can’t get into low income housing across the country. People are starting to live in vans and cars more and more. All the while the rich get richer.
Why not just tax ALL income and not let bilionaries just pay on first 150G? fyi, if ALL INCOME paid SS taxes there would be a trillion a yr surplus and SS payments could double, or quadruple. MOST of this would come from taxes the rich don't pay, they only pay on first 150, Elons extra 50 billion a yr bonus, NO SS TAXES and there are 1,000's of billionaires doing the same. US aid to other countries isn't even a sliver on any pie chart showing federal budget. We used to give more, essentially buying the UN votes of tiny countries by letting their president have a nice and well staffed house and office. Now Russia and China buy these votes blocking international sanctions that would reigin in Putin's who torture and kill 100,000's anyplace they want to take over. Who like Russia pour over 100 million a yr into GOP coffers and like the NRA give nothing to DEMs.
@@russell7489 The problem is that ordinary Americans have been brainwashed to believe that the wealthy shouldn't pay. And who did that brainwashing? The wealthy.
Establishment gave themselves $70k raise gave taxpayers $30.00 and Establishment raised our Medicare $30.00=0% for SSA recipients by Establishment. HORRIBLE!!!
Yeah, and you can pay for it with 100% tax increase. Or the government can just print the money like they did with the stimulus payments and the results is hyper inflation and massive loss of spending power.
@@orangefield3171 No, not really! Social Security is part pension plan and part social welfare program. Peter is being robbed to pay Paul. Low income earners will get a higher percentage of the money they paid in. In comparison, a higher income earner will receive a lower percentage of what he paid in.
You had the same opportunity to serve in the 20 year war and put your life on the line to serve the public. But you didn't. You got less because you chose to be less
@athenaminerva5020 Wow are you ignorant and hateful. People get rejected from the military for all kinds of reasons. My brother did 10 weeks in boot camp with the Marines, but was discharged due to his asthma. I've had relatives that were not accepted for a myriad of physical reasons... Not because they didn't care. Get some help for your hatred towards your fellow Americans. You're part of the problem, not the solution.
I remember a supervisor telling me years ago, “ figures don’t lie but liars can figure.” All the money that has been handed out everywhere, immigrants, Ukraine, and they have to decide on us??
sarahlady175, Ukraine has nothing to do with SS money. It's a different fund, and please be kind! Don't bring UKRAINE to this discussion. Your point of view is INHUMANE and CRUEL!!!
Forty years is a long wait, but I’m happy it has finally arrived. I’m 74 for Pete’s sake, better late than never! As a single person, I always had to supplement my teacher’s salary with numerous other jobs and paid my share into the system. I only retired full time at 70. Enough is enough! Thank you, I’m very grateful to finally receive what I rightfully earned...good bye WEP/ GPO!
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SEMPER FI ! Oorah I receive 1200. In sweet home. Roll Tide Roll.
After working and paying taxes for 40 yrs SS and SDI Im told Im not eligible for no money in their system? How is this!?
Parapalegic and less than a step away from teh st. Know people who have never worked one day in their lives and get it!
-Baffled, soCa
@@gordocarbo how can that be? File a Form 561 (?) for Reconsideration make them show why you don’t qualify. Are you US Citizen? I mean your name sounds like you could be I sure hope you get it sorted out
Do all people on SSA get this extra income?
lol... believe it if you see it ?
The federal government needs to return ALL the money they stole from social security
i would like a lump sum paid at 5.5% just like a student loan. for 37 years I would have money running out my ears!
What money was taken from SS? From the web: "No, Congress has not stolen money from Social Security:
Social Security Act of 1935: Requires excess cash to be invested in interest-bearing bonds backed by the U.S. government.
Government borrowing: The federal government borrows money from Social Security to fund its operations, similar to how consumers and businesses use money deposited in a bank. The government pays interest on the amount borrowed.
Repayment: The government has repaid every previous bond maturity in full."
I know right! What a joke this increase like we are getting something!!
@@lewissmith1635 Absolutely! I would like that along with all the others that are awake, this vid is for the asleep still thinking they are getting something!
WELL DONE GREAT COMMENT
We need to eliminate the taxes on social security. The money was already taxed!
Why isn't there more out cry about this. What taxes are the illegals paying?????? NONE. But they are getting our money while we the citizens are getting shafted.
Really, then you should go back and look at your tax returns. You paid too much tax. I know I used to deduct this every year.
No it wasn't, taxes were figured on NET pay not Gross pay
Totally agree!
Everything is already taxed
Write a bill and pass it into law: "No Social Security money is to be used by POLITICIANS for ANY reason". It's the PEOPLES MONEY, not theirs.
you could not of said it any better.
I worked for 14 years and I was injured and Disabled since 2002 and they are saying that I only worked 10 years and I took the other jobs to them and they still have not fixed it and I have been there 12 times since. Rediculous
It was already put In the law when it was written, Social Security is not a government entity and it WAS supposed to be illegal for anyone to touch it…we would never have to worry about it running out if it had been left alone! Make Pelosi and ALL of the other crooks put all of our money back!
You mean like the old Al Gore Social Security lock box. The people rejected him and voted for Bush and Trump, remember?
@@DTA555. That's a disgrace I am so sorry 😢
Social security needs a 39% increase like congress.
I beleive they got a 3.8% raise. But still - many of these people vote in their donors best interests.
i live on 922 a mo. Try it out sometime
@@deborahciampa9285 That is rough! Not much more here, partial pension no ss at all
@@jeanjohnson6443 NExt door neighbors in their 80s got a 93/mo raise (calif.)
Hardly makes a dent at all in bills.
@@deborahciampa9285 good gawd, how is that even possible. What are your living conditions?
The SSA 2.5% increase was a slap in the face !!!
Yeah, when the FAKE, FIAT, DEAD, pres. biden was installed, just more BS for the sleepers to ingest.
I pray this is true. I got $22 in COLA!
Got 30$ more 4 2025
TRYING TO STOP SSA FUNDING FASTER....???
@@nancybates6585: Congress got 40% pay increase!
It is not extra money. It is money that is 100% our money not the government
ALL of the money the government spends is Our money. It's all taxpayer funded
It’s also not an increase when they take other things away. It ends up breaking even or a loss because all they are doing is shuffling things around and calling them something different. Take from one thing and give to another to make it look like they are doing something good for the people.
Amen brother!
Your money is what you actually paid in
@@Member00101 Yes when they give us a raise , We don't see any of it because they increase Medicare.🤬
I get $1,049. A month. They are giving me a raise of aprox $25 a month starting Jan. But guess what…. They lowered my EBT amount by the same amount. So where is the actual increase!???? There isn’t one!
how can you survive on that you should be the first person to get this increase without any ifs and buts
That happened to a friend of mine. Pretty sure he ended up with a decrease
@annieann9284 nope, should be what you paid in and earned credit PERIOD..
Exactly I'll be getting less because my medicare payment increased
I'll believe it when I see it 😜
I worked and paid into this plan since I was 14. The way I see it this government owes me a bunch of money that belongs to me
I have worked since I was 16 and I'm 72 now and my Social Security just went up to $900 a month. It started out at 540 a month. Explain to me that they take your last three quarters from your work but I was on FMLA cuz my mother had cancer and I had to take care of her. when I got back to work they had given my job to someone else now it's making $ 17 an hour but when I went on FMLA all the workers that worked with me gave one of their days off so I was bringing in a check of about $250 a week while I was on FMLA so I guess they based my Social Security on that! My mom died I lost my job 2 Days Later and was forced to take early Social Security and live on food stamps cuz I couldn't find a job had been with the company 9 years
They actually keep all that money that comes out of our paycheck when we die and we don't have children under 18. All of it stays with the government. I feel that everyone is paying reparation to the government.
I want the same percent of a raise that Congress votes for itself.
40% I heard, raise they said they deserved no? Ahuh.
We should have the same retirement plan as Congress. They get a better retirement for 4 years or so in Congress than most people get for a lifetime of work.
@wes: I'd rather be on their retirement program!
Exactly!
Yeah, they never want to talk about that one
We should get all the taxes back that they took from our benefits because it shouldn’t be taxed TWICE TO BEGIN WITH !!!
Most pensions are taxed twice world wide. And that is indeed THEFT!
It won't be...under CIC/Pres. JDT
@@johndouai4833 don't let the orange fool you. He intends to abolish Social Security.
Exactly
@@johndouai4833. Hard to say .. but it will be better and fair for everyone ..
I will believe it when I see it in my account...
Same.
I was thinking the exact same thing!
All BS.
I know that’s right!!!!
Show us the money!!!!
Privatize it to whom Hunter!!
Everyone should get increase!!!
Please Help The Seniors 👍🇺🇸
they are rotten, they are not my government, Jesus is
And those over 50 and disabled.
If they are Seniors......they are ALREADY on SS roles.
@@USCG.Brennannot at 90%...
AMEN
Congress should all have to live under the laws they pass for the rest of us!
I ABSOLUTLEY AGREE!!!!
They could, if you voted for a new congress. But you won't. 95 percent of those people get re-elected each term.
This is our fault. We were lazy and apathetic and here we are.
@@cindynelson5140 No you dont.
Not unless you routinely vote for the non-incumbent, and statistically you do NOT vote for the non-incumbent.
FT
I totally agree. And also pay for their benefits that are given to them tax-free. They are ripping us off and have been for years. Years and years and years.
We should make Congress repay all the $$$ that has been taken from SS for 'other' programs!!!!
Asking Congress to repay money to social security only raises taxes. It's not like it comes out of anybody's pocket in congress. You just asking for more money to be taken out of your pocket
Dr. Weir will tell you that never happened.
Take from the DNC !!!!
"We" never make "Them" do anything, do we?!
the biggest reason the usps is insolvent is because congress raided their bank account just as they did to ss. the second biggest reason is gub'ment takes, it's what they do. there is NOTHING efficient about gub'ment except their ability to waste.
No retirement or retirees should ever be taxed !!!!
Well unless they're making a Million dollars a year or more
@@gary-pietz4147 What has that got to do with it. Social security is your money, it's not welfare. You paid in to social security and that money should collect interest, so it could be a tidy sum. It doesn't matter how much other money you have.
You can thank the bedtime for bonzo nit wit Reagan for the tax on SDA payments, another screw you to all SSA recipients, gladly done by the GOP and the republucant party ,,,40 + years ago, and they are doing the same thing now
We always have money for war, illegals and raises for politicians, but NEVER veterans or the elderly. Thank you for all you do to help us amid the vast corruption.
You think the people in power who hate illegals like you any better? They don’t. Illegal aliens are not the problem. Billionaires are.
Democrats always promote help for the vulnerable and working class. Republicans always oppose anything help for us and put everything into getting tax cuts for the most wealthy. So, if you want protections, vote for Democrats.
Illegals need food too don't be greedy. 😢😮😅
Yes and they always have money for tax cuts to the tune of $35 trillions
Republicans
SS went up 2.5% that is an insult for 59 years of work
Name one grocery item that only went up 2.5%!
I got $110 / month . $60 after a Medicare increase.
And my Medicare Part B also increased by 2.5%, so I get zero increase. What a slap in the face.
We receive a raise yet the Medicare premium was raised from $175.00 in 2024 to $185.00 years 2025 there goes our 2.5% raise.
It's a joke.
The cost of living keeps going up, up and up!! Social Security does NOT keep up with the cost of living!! This is my money, NOT the government's!!
Exactly well said 😊😊😊😊😊
All the money the government has and spends is our money
This is not fair.. guidelines are not raising.. you get $1 too much according to their guidelines they cut you off of any benefits that making it possible to just survive
Read the law.
It isn't your money.
I will never get back what I put in.
I am not surprised.
STOP voting for Republicans. NOTHING for “we the people”. The GOP GIVES CORPORATE ZERO TAX LIABILITY
My top pay as a nurse for 25 years was 17.85 an hour. McDonald’s drive through workers make more than that now due to inflation. Yet, here we are.
Our increase of 2.5% is not fair when the Part B increases and offsets the small increase we got for our SS payments!!
Yep!!! My UHC/AARP supplement just increased by $26/month!!!!! Fjb
Guess what ? The Ss board decides this.😅😅😅😅
Exactly
I concur. What a F-in joke 😢
Privatize social security.
Whatever raise you get, you will not see it. Medicare takes it
And taxes.
Yep.. If you live in a government subsidized senior apartment, your rent goes up so they take it right back!
Medicare should not be charged or deducted from montjly pension of 1000 dollars and below.
Medicare was only a 10 dollar monthly increase. That didn't take the entire COLA increase.
@@cristinasantiagovaldez7492 ~ Medicare is not favored for one person and not another. Health care is very expensive. All the more so as we get older. No one is getting a free ride. I try to educate peole about SS but it falls on def ears. You pay less into it, you will get less when it's time to draw. But you are getting paid at the 90% rate. My SS is based at the 50% rate. Is this fair? No it's not.
190 billion ? We give that to other countries every other week!
You might want to check your math.
And this has been going on for how long ???? yeeeears !!! YEARS
Since Feb 2022 through March 2024 $113.4 Billion to Ukraine . The Govt has been stealing from the SS trust for years!
@@vilod U might want to get real and stop dogging ppl. Trolling is bad manners
@@vilod I checked it---Chris is spot on. Get off mommies laptop.......
We the people should absolutely get this raise also We are essential workers also
At 70, still working, receiving way less than poverty line. Insulting.
Period 😢..
How can this be? I so sorry for you.
Perhaps you should have chosen a different career, rather than blaming the government on your lack of lifetime earnings?
Exactly
Well Harry Martin.....That was an arrogant comment on your part.
So you despise the
“ Orange Man Bad”.
And your comment reflects your hate.😖
Any elected federal person should have to use SS as a pension. No special cases. If politicians were in the same boat as normal citizens, SS would be cleaned up overnight
This bill gives them social security. It only gives social security to government employees who are already collecting government pensions. Many of them have never paid into social security. If you want increased benefits? We need to pass a bill that only those who met the minimum social security payments can collect social security.
This bill just like supplemental social security gives benefits to people who never earned it.
Completely agree health insurance too!
They actually were soposto have the same pay and benefits as the average citizen. They have gotten greedy, and now we have a mess because we did not pay attention to what they were doing.
Absolutely 💯
They shouldn't get it bc they don't need it. They made insider trading legal for themselves.
I'LL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT.
When I see it in the bank account 😮😂
ikr my godmother just got her letter she said what raise looks the same as it always have smh
😂 thinking the same thing
SHO ME!
Your grandmother got the letter all social security recipients received, which explained the small raise (COLA) and what the new payment would be. This is a completely different subject. If what this man says is true, your grandmother will receive another letter, but it will take some time. Hope this helped. God Bless! 😊
@@godschild3887 That's only the case for people who have government pensions separate from SS who had their SS benefit reduced because of that pension.
It does not apply to most people.
I hear about cuts to Social Security but I never hear about cutting Welfare!
Good I'd rather see money going to our retirees instead of war.
money saved in one, doesn't help fund the other.
@JustAnotherJarhead true, but it will free up available funds.
No return on that investment !!!
@@lalagardenia6500Do you really think that’s what’s happening?
❤
They should have put the retirement age back to 62 for people born before 1965!! I am totally drained from having to work 7 days a week ,partime hours, no days off, at age 63, and disabled! And now my county informed me I’m going to have to pay for my medical expenses and meds! I am struggling to pay my regular bills, I can’t live without my medications, so I get to worry about how much more time I have left to live! Not a good feeling, but I will be better off in heaven under the care of Our Lord. 🙏✝️
Retirement should be 65 for everyone working 40+ hours per week for 50 years should be enough
I am 66 and reach 67 in Feb. I am still working and expect to "die in harness." Retirement? Absurd in the country based on huge inflation of all things including real property taxes
@@lindareinen1259 Dear lord, we ask in your holy name that our sister trust in you for her needs. We ask that you would bless her in all that she asks from you in regard to her health and finances in the lord’s name we pray. Amen
🙏✝️ Prayers for our Lord Almighty Father to help and provide. I know it's very hard to put your faith in our Lord for all we need. But believe in our Lord Almighty God put your true faith in him and pray and he will see you through. Merry Christmas 🙏✝️
something something pull up them bootstraps bro.
I wish they'd address Medicare who takes our little raise everytime!!😡😡
Yeah, got a whole $39 a month more this time. WOW...maybe two cheap fast food lunches???
Yes. Medicare is the real problem. It is underfunded by current receipts by 85%. It’s a blowup. Waiting to happen. But Dr. W doesn’t go anywhere near that subject because he would get demonetized.
@@johndouai4833 I got a $14/mo raise. Nowhere near what cost of living is.
@@anitamooreland-simms3606 I was disappointed in Biden that on his campaign trail he promised everyone $200 raise. No one brought that fourth not even him and I really did believe that he would do that because I really do know him and his family. They are good family. I don’t know why he didn’t do it cause he usually tries to do everything that he said he would do but that one thing he didn’t even address and I was really super disappointed in that and the reason I say that I know Biden personally as I live in, Delaware served his Parents for 24 years and his very own family but disappointed I am still-because if he doesn’t do it within the next few days it’s over just have to accept the fact that both parties suck
Medicare!😡😡
Dr. Weir, Thank you for your donated time and heart for all of us oldsters.
We paid into it our whole life .
By force of law.
I’m curious. Did you also pay into your pension that you now receive like I did my 401K or was that funded by taxpayers. If you didn’t, you’re double dipping and are no different than a Politician.
Unfortunately what you payed in was spent years ago. Your kids and grandkids has been spent. Sent overseas
Some people no all
Yes and if they went by the right system which there are two one is higher one is lower and they've been going by the lower system it's four-letter acronyms if they went by that in this package a senior citizens would be getting a raise the veterans would be getting a raise but no nothing for us and what about the people that had their points for full Social Security but was forced to go on disability I really want to be an activist for this
Anyone under the Social Security blanket deserve $3500 a month and some a little more and Medicare and Medicaid shouldn't go up. If the Government can give Billions to other countries than it can do this for it's American People on Social Security
I heard that we are not going to have to pay any medical out of our Social Security check
The insurance companies will not give up their share of the pie.
dream on. Firefighters etc all have BIG benefits and pensions ...so they get more
but I dont.?oh wait I will gt $35/mo now I can buy a bag of cat food
@@Integrity02 just not the cat food that's actually good/healthy
I retired at age of 67 (last year) worked all my life and it's not fair. I think people should retired at least at the age of 60 to enjoy the last years of their lives. You work until old, get sick and die in a short time and don't even have time to travel and enjoy their life...
Congress just gave themselves a 40% raise. I want that too. I paid into the system until I couldn't work any longer. I will guarantee that most citizens and I worked harder than congressmen do.
Or civil servants.
Stop spreading BS. It was like 2%
@ I read 40.
BY LAW unless voted against Congress automatically gets a raise EVERY YEAR.
Their First Bill they introduced was 40%. I believe that Bill got shot down.
The big thing you missed in this video is the fact that taxes on Social Security should be illegal in the first place. Double taxation is illegal and that is exactly what is happening. SS recipients have already paid taxes on the wages when they were working and now when retirees desperately need this income the most to live the government gives them the shaft! Retirement may become a problem for Americans
More and more people might face a tough time in retirement. Low-paying jobs, inflation, and high rents make it hard to save. Now, middle-class Americans find it tough to own a home too, leaving them without a place to retire.
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Stop all foreign aid and war.$$$$$$$$$$
Apparently you don’t understand enough about international issues and world history to realize how much more costly it will eventually be in money and American lives if the US does make attempts at keeping the world stabilized. Want to see immigration to US and “western” countries increase? Then ignore the conditions in other parts of the world that decent people get desperate to escape. Right wingers give you only one dimensional perspectives on 3D problems. Seek to understand how various issues interact before buying into overly simplistic sound bites.
How about making the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share of taxes?
@@MarVelJones-n2n Right. There's enough money in America, but it always goes to the richest under Republicans, especially.
@@MarVelJones-n2n The wealthy already do.
I just received a notification from the Social Security Administration on the COLA for 2025 for my Social Security payment. The increase in my Social Security for 2025 is $6.80 more than what I was receiving in 2024. What a joke!
LIke I have said, i best not see them on the street
SS will not text you ! Be careful.
Plus, Medicare charge is going up
Wow, I was only getting 1014, , but with the 2.5% COLA increase, I got $26 more, to $1040... that means you were getting only $265.20, and it went up to $272?? You must have paid very little into Social Security in the first place, that really sucks!
@optiskeptic4746 I started early at 62. Then covid hit. That extra money pretty much saved me. Then, I exceeded the earned income threshold, so I had to pay that back.
That actually helped me out as well. SS advised me that repayment counts for me as if I had delayed my start time. This worked in my favor, almost a 15% increase.
THE AVERAGE SS CHECK SHOULD DOUBLE FOR EVERYONE ON SS !
Pure bullshit
@@gregcrawley2668 Explain.
My boss gets $150K/yr Government pension, he is spending down $700K to avoid the RMD,
AND waiting till 70 yrs old to Max out his SSA.
Double his $4K/mo SSA????????
That's never gonna happen
And just remember who taxed Social security
Joe Biden!!
Merry Xmas Dr. Ed Weir and family , May you have a prosperous New Year
I will finally be getting $1200/mo SS for 2025. Medicare went up to $184/mo. 2.3% isnt much since Medicare takes a big chunk. Im 75 and have worked since I was 14. I Neve had great paying jobs, but I worked as hard as anyone while being a single mother and raising 2 daughters. I sure would like to get a 1/4 of the pay that Congress gives themselves. Now I have to find subsidized housing because my significant other passed away last month and I cant stay in the house that was his.
My deepest condolences to hear about your other half. Happy you will be able to stay in the house of your other half. Praying for more years to enjoy what is entitled to you.
you should have filed off of your husband.
Just a note. Unless it has changed since I was working. Subsidized housing also goes up when we get a raise. So your raise will be gone with Medicare increases also. Sorry for your loss and I hate to be the barer of bad news, but better to be aware than shocked to find out when they raise your rent.
I worked all my life and paid taxes since I was 12 years old
@@deiadraper6358 😆 12?
So we get a cut but the price of part B in Medicare continues to go up. We are so screwed!
Have you noticed you get a increase on SS but then you get a letter from Medicare saying you're Medicare has gone up $56 dollars. There goes you're increase on you're SS
A favorite love child of many in Congress is the Big Corporate Health Insurance Companies. Yes, we are screwed because congress is afraid to reign them in.
If you keep voting for the two big parties, or you keep voting for the same asshole over and over this is what you get. You need and everyone else needs to vote for a non-incumbent. And keep voting for them until they get the message.
Politicians and diapers need to be changed regularly, and for the same reason.
My main concern is how to survive all of these financial and political crisis, especially in light of the US political power scuffle. The government has really called things more difficult for its citizens, and we can't sit back and bear all the consequences of the bad governance.
Anyone who's not in the financial market space right now is making a huge mistake. Simply get a coach and make your money work for you
True, I have been in touch with a brokerage advisor. With an initial starting reserve of $12k, my advisor chooses the entry and exit commands for my portfolio, which has grown to approximately $110k
Please can you leave the info of your investment advisor here?
I'm in dire need of one
Elise Bernadette Murray is her name. She is regarded as a genius in her area. Just search her name on internet
she's active on What's Apps!!
We should get part of their pensions from the people that never contributed to social security and now are getting part of our social security money!
I'LL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT!!!
We need this for all people on SS..ASAP
@@melaniejones744 Your SS/FICA Wages WERE NOT Stolen from you.
All didn't sacraficed. You got to go home after work and you didn't deploy. Or put your life on the line for other people. You didn't have to deal with someone's shitty kids or pay for supplies out of pocket. You are less. Deal it with.it was your choice to have the easy route
@@athenaminerva5020easy??? Working in the private sector is a hell of a lot harder than working for the government. You actually have to be GOOD at your job!!
Muskrat and Swampy have their sights set on cutting SS, SNAP, Medicare, State funded health insurance- Obamacare, FEMA, the FDIC, Consumer Protection and much more. So good luck if you think trump and his gang of billionaires are going to do good things for the American people.
All jobs make our system work. Be careful who you consider less.
Truly a miracle when our elders are treated with respect in USA.
Thank you for caring. Life seems to be never fair. But God! God bless.
Social Security went up 2.5% but Medicare went up 6% for 2025!
Ouch !
Even when you get an increase in Social Security 2 to 3 months even before you get the increase people are already increasing everything they can so that means your in the same old boat i don't trust anyone.
Medicare is no cost if you worked enough. Part B You have to pay for. In 2024 it was 175 a month. In 2025 it only went up 10 dollars to 185. After paying my 185, I'll get a little over 2000 a month. Still pretty bad considering I worked non stop for 50 years.
@@johnfranklin5277 $10. is 6% of 175. So Medicare went up 6%
If they raise SS by $1800, they will raise the cost of Medicare to $1799 🤦♂️🤦♂️👀👀😂😂😂
Raising the FICA cap is one of the best solutions.
Won't happen with Musk in the white house.
@@govinda102000Musk is ONE weak person. He only has power because others do his bidding.
"Raising caps" does NOT "create" more money. This country is racing towards the bankruptcy cliff -- and we're not LIKELY to find enough braking power before we go flying over!
@@govinda102000 found the mindless democrat
@@elenorsnow8970can you explain why raising FICA cap doesn’t create more money?
Bottom line...most of us get screwed with a lousy 2.5%...we all damn well know the cost of living was much higher!!
Ronald Reagan started taxing Social Security and that should be repealed, no privatizing of Social Security, raise the tax ceiling of 160,000 to 400,000, many construction people like myself in their 60s have worn out their joints and injuries due to heavy labor so no increase in social security eligibility. Why should people earning less than 160,000 pay 100% of their wages to Social Security but everybody above that pays no more into it. Socialism for the rich.
Not quite, If they pay in more shouldn’t they get a lot more per month and what they get is capped based on paying in on 160k
You know who wrote two bills to tax social security right? As Senator it was Joe Biden.
He upped the payroll tax and made federal workers start paying into it, not increasing taxing benefits to help solvency.
@@kbrown5218 wake up! It was. R- Ronald Regan!🤷🏽♂️
Sorry, it was JOE BIDEN that started taxation on SS.
So if truck drivers stop bringing stop bringing food that that farmers produce… Do I really need to point out which JOB is more important ? EVERYONE that pays into SS should be getting equal increases. Politicians should not be given any pay or benefit increases.
Exactly, you worked and paid in. You should get your return.. people gets SS that's never worked and paid into it.. someone works 50 years and has to pay for non-workers and then they bit*h about the darn FLAT RATE THEY DIDN'T EVEN EARN IN THE 1ST PLACE?????? Make it make sense?.
we are past the vote, the lame duck congress knows you'll forget all this on jan 19th.
They only serve the useless govt. unions... not us.
Wouldn't "stop bringing" it suffice on its own or does the extra stop bringing really makes the point clearer ?
We allow politicians to get away with this. It's on us! Every 4 years, we should let them know that we are serious about SS and Healthcare. They get a lifetime windfall pension for serving plus top notch Healthcare. Why are we settling?
Im a disabled father of 2 living in Arizona and I became disabled in 2019. I've never seen an increase because every time they do increase it by a fraction, Medicare goes up. I'm making $476 less now in 2024 than I was in 2019. My rent right now is $200 more than my actual SSI benefit payment. Went from paying $1,000 to $1700 in a single month(we have to move). Went from paying $20 a week for gas to $100 a week. Groceries went from $671 a month to $300-$400 a week!! EVERYTHING has gone up well over 100%, yet they slap is with 2.5% increase. It's absolutely PATHETIC and disgusting!! I can't help that I'm disabled now but I paid into it for 35 years and I'm getting 💩 back.
They did that to me in 2014/15 when we got a cola and it threw me $5 over for several benefits I had such as food stamps, them paying my Medicare premiums and raised my rent so their “raise” ended up costing me over $300 a month 😢. I tell them now please don’t give me a small raise like that again
I'm sorry about your situation. Depending on what your disability allows, maybe you could do something for cash/at home, like voice-over books, child-mind, data-entry or label or package things or some other small task for a local business. Even collecting return-for-refund bottles (maybe get your kids involved?).
Once you make a little bit extra money--while I know his may sound undoable--if you buy even one 1-ounce coin of silver a month ($28) or save the same amount for 3 months and buy a 1-gram gold coin (Canadian Maple is best at 99.9% pure gold, American Eagle 2nd due to 91% gold content) after a year or two, you will likely have made more than inflation (esp. with gold). If necessary, you can sell it or keep it for emergencies. I know it sounds difficult, but precious metals usually protect the holder's buying power--much better than putting any extra $ in the bank at 3 or 4%.
Probably in the whole each month like most of us
Looks like I will be homeless soon. Just informed rent will be over $700 a month while my SS is $488 a month.
@@hakesrah54 Then you didn't work your whole life, or you worked minimum wage the whole time.
My hubby started working at the age of 10 yrs old and when he applied for SSDI at 34 yes old he went in front of 3 judge panel and they said you are awfully YOUNG but we also see that you have been working since 10 yrs old hubby said yes I started working when I was 10 then they asked what is your health issue and he took his shirt off and they said OKAY YOU ARE APPROVED 🎉 Hubby has SEVERE PSORIASIS AND SOCRATIC ARTHRITIS
Lets start by eliminating “aid” in the billions every year to countries that do not really care for our way of life
Combined WASTE!!! It all adds up .
Military Industrial Complex
At its height in 1949, US foreign aid totaled nearly $100 billion, while it bottomed out at just under $25 billion in 1997, both after adjusting for inflation. Between 1946 and 2022, the US has spent an average of $51.0 billion each year. Consider: Since 1980, defense spending has risen by 62%, climbing from $506 billion to $820 billion by 2023, after adjusting for inflation. In 2023, the US military spent approximately $820.3 billion, or roughly 13.3% of the entire federal budget for that fiscal year. The US outspends on military as much as the next ten countries.
And don't pay into Social Security !!!!!!
@@TonyW-z9w YOu need that money to the military but you need for them to SHOW how they are sending it
Blaaa blaaa the government people get the raise. Not the average SSI collector.
@@bruceglaude8969 It's Not a Raise! Is was stolen FICA wages because we had a Pension..
Actually they didn't get 3.4% raise...no raises for congress since 2009. They make 174 k a year.
@@bearofverylittlebrain - You misunderstood him. He is not talking about congress. The S.S. increase (S.S. fairness act) they are touting is only for government/public employees.
Poor people without pensions are getting nothing! Don’t get it twisted with your bogus news!🖕🏼
Right bla blah this guy is a fraud
We have 200 billion for the Ukraine but nothing for American seniors.
Worse with israel.
Go away bot! The USA has to keep their part of the deal & protect Ukraine from the dictator. Go learn some history before writing moronic comments!
What a moronic comment! but of course you are a bot!
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10% of that was kicked up to The Big Guy.
Wow! I'm excited. My Medicare insurance got a raise!
😂😂😂😂 NOT FUNNY THO IN REALITY
I worked for 35 yrs as a single parent in a group home. I retired at age 70yrs old. I get a monthly check og $1020.00 monthly minus $170.00 for medicare. I barely make it monthly and am not able to often go to the doctor's because of co-pays. This isn't what I thought my old age would be like. I probably just so let go. Nothing matters anymore.
You should qualify for a dual medicare plan. Did anyone help you decide on a plan? In a dual plan ( only for low income) medicaid pays your medicare premium and all copays plus you get some free dental and vision benefits. Humana and United Health care have these plans. As low as an income as you are you should qualify.
Feel the same way. At 69 had to go back to work at Walmart 40 hrs a week to survive. Walking on concrete floors can barely walk by end of day. Not the retirement I thought I would living. Growing numb.
SOOO... sorry you where stupid and did not care at all about your retirement. Yes that is harsh but also true. Me and my wife scrimped and saved/invested. It was not easy and we went without and never bought new cars etc.
Now SSI is just a smaller part of out income every month. Why? because we did not ever think the government had the duty to take care of us, that responsibility was ours not theirs.
Sorry you did not take your retirement seriously and take responsibility for yourself. Too late for you. You should tell every young fool like you to not be like you and shirk responsibility for your own retirement income.
Best advice for you now? start a crafts type business for extra income. I am doing that just to keep busy and afford toys and not have to take my retirement income to pay for them.
I am not some financial genius, just a responsible person who took responsibility upon myself for myself.
@@elaineinarizona6354 ❤
My mom has a similar scenario. There should be a minimum SSI. my mom lived on $800/mo SS until my dad died when she was 84. Then she got 1/2 of his SSI when he died. They divorced in the mid 70’s and she scrimped all those years raising 4 kids to boot with rents from the 3 flat she lived in plus measly child support. When she started getting his SSI the cheeks took away her weekly home help visits, Medicaid, LifeLine and SNAP benefits. She gets more $ now but pays for her home care once a week, pays for Medicare out of her SSI, and relies on a food pantry. Where is HER fairness!!!!
Got my SS raise and then lost over $100.00 after the Medicaid fee, so the raise really worked out well.
Nice sarcasm, i feel it, too..😮😢 👍😁👍
I actually wet up $3.00 after the Medicare increases! What should I do with all that money? Big decisions!
Why are we paying for medical services? They mfs dems give 😢everyone 😊 free medical, coming in iligeles and give money to pay pension to citizens, how fair is that bullshit? Take money these mfs crooked dems took and gave away , if not working about their own citizens a, And that reason , Americans Citizens, that have wasted their money’s y , they should give up all their benefits, and prisons , what what they have done to hard working Americans citizens! We have been paying in to SSI for 40 years and still don’t get enough to live on! If we got all our money , and had no SSI taking out of out checks , we could have made a lot of money , letting us , play in stocks , and made some h mo😮re money to live on , when getting to be 68 years !
Medicare is going to hurt me and I don't even believe in the American medical scam.
I know right. I got a whole $20 increase for 2025 and then Social services took that away. So my cost of living was ZERO !
I'm 70 years old and I can't afford anything but the tent I'm existing in. 900.00 from social security a month don't buy shit in Houston. I'm likely going to die this winter. Worked from 15 years old to 55 and my body is worn out.
Apply for SSI Aged if you don't already have it. You would get the difference between the $9oo Retirement and the Maximum SSI amount ($967) It might not be much but every little bit helps
Please don't LOOSE Hope God will NEVER forsaken you. I pray you live a long healthy Life, in Jesus Christ name 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤. AMEN. Just hold on help is on the way.
I am 70 years old, I paid into social security for 28 years and my social security check is $385/ month ,,,,, curious what change this will make ??
SaddleTramp, just make sure you accept the Lord before your days are up.
Romans 10:9 says "If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is the Son of God and you believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved".
Questions? Reach out to me. May God bless you this Christmas. Jesus was our free gift of Salvation for those who believe in HIM. 🙏
Apply for subsidized housing!!
My check is said to go up to 670 a month. I was self employed and in a car crash two years ago dec 22... 6 months before I turned 70 ... The accident caused me to not be able to do mechanic work ever again ... self employed since 1993. I called the local SSA office sand they said I cannot file for SSDI ... because I turned 80. The doctors were incompetent .. how am I affected? ...... I am so poor and don't want to be .. but now forced out of work and their insurance coverage was way too low.
Thank you Dr. Weir for your time and energy. It’s greatly appreciated.
Take the cuts out of the Pentagon and state departments budget. No mor US paying for wars and giving our taxpayers Monet to foreign nations!
EXACTLY. It's called, "BUYING another politicians' loyalty." How's that working for the United States??? It's NOT.
We always lose because part B goes up!!!
I don't believe this until I receive it
As a Vet, I’ve spent over a year trying to get the $175 for Medicare from being deducted from my disability check. I get all my care from the VA. I don’t need Medicare.
I get all of my medical from the VA as well! So, I went to the social security office filled out a form to stop Medicare from taking the money out of my check every month putting it back onto my check every month. You should do the same. To stop Medicare premiums from being deducted from your Social Security check, you need to fill out Form CMS-1763, which is called "Request for Termination of Premium Hospital Insurance or Supplementary Medical Insurance" and submit it to your local Social Security office; this form allows you to cancel either Part A or Part B of Medicare, depending on your situation. I would go to the office to do it because it's quicker. I did it and got the money back on my check the very same month.
I am in process of helping a neighbor in same position as you. I’m taking him next week to apply for Medicaid.. which he GREATLY deserves and needs to have. They in turn will cover his Medicare premiums. Please check into this because a lot of veterans are not aware they may qualify for Medicaid as well.
as Americans, we had a deal with the Government, and they broke the contract. let's take them to Court
class action lawsuit
You can't sue the feds.
Should we be surprised when the government screws the people? Didn't we learn our history lesson?
All Seniors need to join AARP and demand they hit DC with our issues
THE GOVERNMENT HAS BROKEN CONTRACTS SINCE THE WHAT?? 1700'S ??? WHAT'S NEW????
I'm 70 next month and God has blessed me with the ability to still work . Because I work, I don't qualify for food stamps.... I pay Co pays at the doctors and partly for prescription. What I'm saying is that I can't keep my home and pay bills with just social security BUT because i work I don't get the 90% because I'm not low income, because I have the gall to work. .
@@Kara-jd8ef - i was under the same circumstances. I did a reverse mortgage which only consolation is that i can stay in my home until I croak. That is if the property taxes and homeowners insurance doesn’t keep going up.
@aliciagarcia4833 thank you, I'll look into that since I'm not familiar with it. So nice of you to share that with me and help.
@@Kara-jd8ef it’s my understanding this is not for the poor. It is for high risk jobs such as firefighters, police and teachers. I certainly will not see any of it. I’m paying into the system and won’t have any SS when I can retire in 5 years. Def can’t live off what I’ve earned for working 49 years of my life.
@@Kara-jd8ef - if you are in California, i have a trustworthy lender who did mine. She’s in San Diego. She’s licensed in other states too.
I am 52 , I never drive one mile in my life
So That's my handicap in usa ( no busses, no job )
Yes, i will believe it when i see it. Would be nice.
Where does all of the extra money go from people who worked until their 30s, 40s, 50s, and early 60s but didn't live long enough to retire?
Spouse.
@@HavanaPirici What if they don't have a spouse?
@@rosecontrena2274It goes into offshore personal accts that they don't want us to know about.
Congressional pay raises.
Same question for over a million retirees who died from Covid. Where's that money?
I'm 69 years old and have a spinal cord injury. my house is literally ROTING down around me,,, in the Ozarks. it's over 100 years old. I burn wood and the chimney is pulling into the roof as the floors sink😢. I'm trying to hold my life together😢 and I was just informed my social security check is up to an all-time high of 895,oo a month😮... the question is,,, why aren't they giving people like me a 90% increase? And then they monitor our lives and watch everything we spend or get😢 so they can take it away or reduce or penolise my SSI which is $90 a month.
If you didnt earn much during your working years you wont get much when you reach retirement age. Its sad but true.
Wish i had prepared better also but i cant turn back the clock. We arent alone. I know that much.
Don't you get heap in your state. They would pay for your heat and actually put a new furnace in for you for free. Especially with your income
@@markeverson5849 mine too. Hurricaine Florence destroyed my house. I have tarps everywhere trying to keep rain out. My bed sits under the collapsed floor.
Yes you are right! This is gas light!!!!!lies and bla bla!
@@pamelamarko4301 where do you get free heaters....is that like free health care ....that someone else paid for
You are absolutely right again Dr. Weir! ALL my bills are going up! Car insurance, homeowners insurance. Heating costs (gas), electricity, sewer, trash, water, etc. I am going to file for bankruptcy! 😢😢😢😢😢But they still expect you to pay all of it back!
Thank you Dr. Ed Weir.
Total respect for a fellow service man
Social Security is an easy fix. Eliminate the cap on earnings.
The cap on earnings exist only until reaching full retirement age of 67?
After that, a person can earn as much as he wants without being penalized, yes?
What are you nuts make the Billionaires pay more, and then the Billionaires will have nothing to trickle down to us Workers. LOL!
Then you have to eliminate cap on benefits. Stupid move.
@@SteveSonogasarcasm at its finest. Cursing Reagan as everything bad for workers and middle class began with him. 😡
@@barackthecomposer6642 No I think they mean the cap on eligible earnings. Many many higher earners pay no SS tax.
I will believe ALL of this when I actually see it too!!!!
If you're not firefighter or police, you won't see a thing !
@ You’re not going to see it NO matter who you are either
I paid into it for over 40 years and get a whole $1000 a month.
The fact that nobody talks about the book whispers of manifestation on borlest speaks volumes about how people are stuck in a trance
People aren't looking into it because manipulating the spiritual realm brings nothing but long-term harm. It's playing with demons. No thanks, buddy. I'd rather be poor and struggling for money and food but happy knowing Christ is with me, than riding high with lots of wealth but be spiritually dead without Christ.
@@20NewJourney23
Psalms 1 says it all. Have nothing to do with the counsels of ungodly men.
It's harder for a rich man to enter Heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. 😊
I'm pretty sure you're the one in a trance.
@@20NewJourney23 Not that you support such grifters, but some of the worst grifters on the planet, who worship money and power, are Mega Church pastors. I forget how many of them own multiple private jets, while guilting poor old people into tithing 10 bucks so supposedly they can get 100 bucks back.
THANKYOU! I found a man who speaks at a normal, intelligible pace. Go boomers!!! Appreciated😄
I found it confusing.
Thanks Biden for agreeing to sign this into law after it was considered and voted for by the (191 YES, 4 NO)Democratic Majority(1/3rd of entire Republican vote was against it- 136(YES)-71(NO)) in both the House AND the Senate(voting on soon, most (D) are in agreeance with it, (R) is fighting against it saying it will contribute federal over budget increase and NO THANKS to the MAJORITY of Republicans in this vote for wanting to fail it! NO THANKS to Elon and Trump for trying to diverge the bill and prevent it from going through by convincing people that it isn't needed! Thank you!!!
PROOF: clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024456
Official government tallied votes.
Better yet, no income tax on SS benefits. That would increase the amount as well.After all, we've already PAID taxes on that money!!!!!
Ronald Reagan started that tax. I hope you voted for the other party if that is how you feel?
No you haven't paid taxes on your SS income. You paid taxes on your earned income.
I didn't pay the taxes , I got to deduct this from my income for 40 years. So you are not correct.
If all you’re living on just Social Security, you pay very little taxes on Social Security. I know many people that they live on Social Security and they don’t even pay taxes because they don’t make enough to barely survive. We need more money in Social Security everybody does. Especially those among us where that’s all they have. Many older people are not any longer able to pay for rent and can’t get into low income housing across the country. People are starting to live in vans and cars more and more. All the while the rich get richer.
@@hollandgem2 Exactly!
It should fit the rate of inflation, and replacement, yes… your hard work and return on investment ❤
No. If they can give billions to our enemies and foreign nations. Put billions in the fund for American workers
Also trillions in tax cuts to corporations
And billions in tax cutes to trump and his freinds which could easily pay for more ss
Just give us the 3plus billion Jared got from the Saudis...
Why not just tax ALL income and not let bilionaries just pay on first 150G? fyi, if ALL INCOME paid SS taxes there would be a trillion a yr surplus and SS payments could double, or quadruple. MOST of this would come from taxes the rich don't pay, they only pay on first 150, Elons extra 50 billion a yr bonus, NO SS TAXES and there are 1,000's of billionaires doing the same. US aid to other countries isn't even a sliver on any pie chart showing federal budget. We used to give more, essentially buying the UN votes of tiny countries by letting their president have a nice and well staffed house and office. Now Russia and China buy these votes blocking international sanctions that would reigin in Putin's who torture and kill 100,000's anyplace they want to take over. Who like Russia pour over 100 million a yr into GOP coffers and like the NRA give nothing to DEMs.
@@russell7489 The problem is that ordinary Americans have been brainwashed to believe that the wealthy shouldn't pay. And who did that brainwashing? The wealthy.
They have stolen money and give it to other people that have never worked we need our money we need a raise
Put it in their OWN POCKETS where it went 😢
Establishment gave themselves $70k raise gave taxpayers $30.00 and Establishment raised our Medicare $30.00=0% for SSA recipients by Establishment. HORRIBLE!!!
Not true, more disinformation you feel for.
they used it to buy votes.
Illiguals dont get social security
Does this country ever do anything right? I tell ya
If you're one of the special interest groups, more than fair!
Every SS recipient should receive a minimum of 3000 $ every month to compensate for their contributions to the program of Social Security !
Yeah! And everyone should get everything they want all the time! What a great idea!
Yeah, and you can pay for it with 100% tax increase. Or the government can just print the money like they did with the stimulus payments and the results is hyper inflation and massive loss of spending power.
You get back what you and your employer put in.
@@orangefield3171 No, not really! Social Security is part pension plan and part social welfare program. Peter is being robbed to pay Paul. Low income earners will get a higher percentage of the money they paid in. In comparison, a higher income earner will receive a lower percentage of what he paid in.
The average person does not pay in that much to justify 3k a month
Sounds like SS Unfairness Act
You had the same opportunity to serve in the 20 year war and put your life on the line to serve the public. But you didn't. You got less because you chose to be less
@athenaminerva5020 No, not everybody has the same opportunities. The military doesn't except everybody do various reasons.
@@athenaminerva5020 Wrong, not everybody has the same opportunities. The military doesn't except everybody, due to a plethora of reasons.
@athenaminerva5020 Wow are you ignorant and hateful. People get rejected from the military for all kinds of reasons. My brother did 10 weeks in boot camp with the Marines, but was discharged due to his asthma. I've had relatives that were not accepted for a myriad of physical reasons... Not because they didn't care. Get some help for your hatred towards your fellow Americans. You're part of the problem, not the solution.
@@athenaminerva5020your lucky you did not have health concerns, not everybody is a gi Joe.
Please please help us seniors
As the wife of a firefighter of 31 years, HALLELUJAH!!!
Thank you!🎉
Yes everyone sign the petition if you can!!🎉🎉🎉🎉
I remember a supervisor telling me years ago, “ figures don’t lie but liars can figure.” All the money that has been handed out everywhere, immigrants, Ukraine, and they have to decide on us??
sarahlady175, Ukraine has nothing to do with SS money. It's a different fund, and please be kind! Don't bring UKRAINE to this discussion. Your point of view is INHUMANE and CRUEL!!!
What they need to do is give ppl on SSI more help and stop taking money back if they have 2,000 and over in a bank account.
Sarah don't be fooled it's not aid to Ukraine or others blame the rich!
everything you mentioned in your post is funded completely separately from SS. SS and only SS is funded by the separate FICA tax.. not income tax
@@cowboy7271 Dont use a bank use a home safe so goverment cant track your shit!!
Thank you Dr. Ed for more of the information you give and explained
Glad you understood what he said because I didn't.
Thank you President Biden!!
Easy Fix: Raise the cap so that billionaires pay into SS @ the same rate as hard working middle class Americans.
Thats not a fix. Thats taking an alcoholic to a bar. They will just spend that money, too.
😂@@charlieruns7953
They pay the same rate for the benefits they get.
Take some econ classes.
Another person that delivers the media over facks.
Forty years is a long wait, but I’m happy it has finally arrived. I’m 74 for Pete’s sake, better late than never! As a single person, I always had to supplement my teacher’s salary with numerous other jobs and paid my share into the system. I only retired full time at 70. Enough is enough! Thank you, I’m very grateful to finally receive what I rightfully earned...good bye WEP/ GPO!
You enjoy it, you've earned it!
I'm glad you pad in. An obscene number of people never did.
I didn’t get my full social security because I fell under the Windfall Elimination Act! Give me my money back! I worked for it and I want it!
Same here! Finally!! It is the difference between buying groceries or going to the food bank, which I do not want to do.
@@deborahaumiller7391EVERYONE who is affected by the WEP paid into Social Security.
TIRED OF THIS SHELL GAME . . . 0:27
You aint bs 🤦🏿♂️
I just found your channel. I pray you are being truthful. I will spend the next dew days watching your videos.
Thank you